What would be more efficient than CGI?
There are many schemes. All rely on avoiding the creation and removal of new processes. Making the programs run as part of the Web server is one way, using the Web server to interpret codes is another, keeping CGI programs alive across multiple requests and avoid recreating them is yet another. This class will cover PHP and Java Servelets, two popular ways to supply CGI functionality and more efficiently.
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